Top 100 Richest People Forbes 2008

This list of the 100 wealthiest people is a list of the world’s 100 richest people as of February 11, 2008, based on each person’s total net worth according to Forbes Magazine.

1 Warren Buffett $62.0 billion United States
2 Carlos Slim Helú $60.0 billion Mexico
3 Bill Gates $58.0 billion United States
4 Lakshmi Mittal $45.0 billion India
5 Mukesh Ambani $43.0 billion India
6 Anil Ambani $42.0 billion India
7 Rinat Akhmetov $31.1 billion Ukraine
8 Ingvar Kamprad and family $31.0 billion Sweden
9 Kushal Pal Singh $30.0 billion India
10 Oleg Deripaska $28.0 billion Russia
11 Karl Albrecht $27.0 billion Germany
12 Li Ka-shing $26.5 billion Hong Kong
13 Sheldon Adelson $26.0 billion United States
14 Bernard Arnault $25.5 billion France
15 Lawrence Ellison $25.0 billion United States
16 Roman Abramovich $23.5 billion Russia
17 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah $23.1 billion Brunei
18 Theo Albrecht $23.0 billion Germany
19 Liliane Bettencourt $22.9 billion France
20 Alexei Mordashov $21.2 billion Russia
21 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $21.0 billion Saudi Arabia
22 Mikhail Fridman $20.8 billion Russia
23 Vladimir Lisin $20.3 billion Russia
24 Amancio Ortega $20.2 billion Spain
25 Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok $19.9 billion ? 56, 57, and 58 Hong Kong
26 Mikhail Prokhorov $19.5 billion Russia
27 Vladimir Potanin $19.3 billion Russia
28 Christy Walton $19.2 billion United States
29 Jim Walton $19.2 billion United States
29 S. Robson Walton $19.2 billion United States
31 Lee Shau Kee $19.0 billion Hong Kong
31 Alice Walton $19.0 billion United States
33 David Thomson and family $18.9 billion Canada
34 Sergey Brin $18.7 billion United States
35 Larry Page $18.6 billion United States
36 Michael Otto and family $18.2 billion Germany
37 Stefan Persson $17.7 billion Sweden
38 Suleyman Kerimov $17.5 billion Russia
39 Charles Koch $17.0 billion United States
40 David H. Koch $17.0 billion United States
41 François Pinault and family $16.9 billion France
42 Michael Dell $16.4 billion United States
43 Paul Allen $16.0 billion United States
43 Kirk Kerkorian $16.0 billion United States
45 Steven Ballmer $15.0 billion United States
45 Abigail Johnson $15.0 billion United States
45 Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia $15.0 billion India
48 Nasser Al-Kharafi and family $14.0 billion Kuwait
48 The Duke of Westminster and family $14.0 billion United Kingdom
48 Carl Icahn $14.0 billion United States
48 Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. $14.0 billion United States
48 Jacqueline Mars $14.0 billion United States
48 John Mars $14.0 billion United States
48 Birgit Rausing and family $14.0 billion Sweden
48 Jack C. Taylor and family $14.0 billion United States
56 German Khan $13.9 billion Russia
57 Susanne Klatten $13.2 billion Germany
58 Vagit Alekperov $13.0 billion Russia
59 Donald Bren $13.0 billion United States
60 Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer $12.9 billion ? 59 and 58 France United States
61 Dmitry Rybolovlev $12.8 billion ? 41 Russia
62 Azim Premji $12.7 billion India
63 Naguib Sawiris $12.7 billion ? 53 Egypt
64 Anne Cox Chambers $12.6 billion United States
65 Iskander Makhmudov $11.9 billion Russia
66 Sunil Mittal and family $11.8 billion India
67 Alexander Abramov $11.5 billion Russia
68 Michael Bloomberg $11.5 billion United States
69 Viktor Vekselberg $11.2 billion Russia
70 Michele Ferrero and family $11.0 billion Italy
70 George Kaiser $11.0 billion United States
70 Spiro Latsis and family $11.0 billion Greece
70 Nassef Sawiris $11.0 billion Egypt
74 Alexei Kuzmichev $10.8 billion Russia
75 Philip Knight $10.4 billion United States
75 Viktor Rashnikov $10.4 billion Russia
77 Ernesto Bertarelli $10.3 billion Switzerland
78 Kumar Mangalam Birla $10.2 billion India
79 Leonardo Del Vecchio $10.0 billion Italy
79 Antônio Ermírio de Moraes and family $10.0 billion Brazil
79 Iris Fontbona and family $10.0 billion Chile
79 Edward Johnson, III $10.0 billion United States
79 Hans Rausing $10.0 billion Sweden
79 Vladimir Yevtushenkov $10.0 billion Russia
79 Igor Zyuzin $10.0 billion Russia
86 Serge Dassault and family $9.9 billion France
87 Alberto Baillères $9.8 billion Mexico
88 Ramesh Chandra $9.6 billion India
89 Charles Ergen $9.5 billion United States
89 John Kluge $9.5 billion United States
89 Ronald Perelman $9.5 billion United States
92 Silvio Berlusconi and family $9.4 billion Italy
93 Gautam Adani $9.3 billion India
93 Petr Kellner $9.3 billion Czech Republic
93 Alisher Usmanov $9.3 billion Russia
96 Adolf Merckle $9.2 billion Germany
96 August von Finck, Jr. $9.2 billion Germany
98 Onsi Sawiris $9.1 billion Egypt
98 Mohammed Al Amoudi $9.1 billion Saudi Arabia
99 Robert Kuok $9.0 billion Malaysia
99 George Soros $9.0 billion United States